Issue Details

Issue	#90
Published	March 1949
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Rancho Fear!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Notes	Inker revision from Mortimer to Mooney verified by Craig Delich 2010-4-2.
Reprinted	in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2010)

10 page Robin story "The Mystery of Rancho Fear!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. LaPointe (geologist, death); Beansy (villain); Little John Johnson (villain); Jeff (villain); Slim (villain); Batplane
Synopsis	Batman and Robin, in disguise, travel to Rancho Fear to track down a gang who has stolen a metal cylinder that once held a sample of a new gas deposit located near the rancho that the criminal intend to use to their advantage.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks	Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Reprinted	in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2010)

10 page Captain Compass story "The Island of Molten Hate"

Characters	Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
Genre	detective
Pencils	Chuck Winter
Inks	Chuck Winter

4 page The Perfect Crime Mystery story "Remote Control Murder"

10 page Tomahawk story "The Lost Men of Fort Chance"

Characters	Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]
Genre	western; period
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray

5 page Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks story "Duel of the Gimmicks"

Characters	Merry [Mary Pemberton]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer
Inks	Winslow Mortimer
Reprinted	in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-10; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #416 (March 1972)